A Dragon's Tale
Day of Reckoning
Treylon slowly opened his eyes and in the darkness of his room, something moved beside him.
"Hey, it's time to wake up." He heard in a silvery voice.
"Did you sleep well last night?" He asked.
"Well, you did keep me up last night, but," She kissed him and Treylon smiled.
He had always been interested in the female; she worked down in the engine room and they had caught each other's others eye once.
But he still thought about Katt.
"Fox, we need to move out now, get your ship in order now." General Pepper said on the monitor.
"Yes sir." Fox answered and the monitor switched to the view of space.
Everything was ready and he called his team to the bridge; they arrived and Fox sat down.
"Is everyone ready?" They nodded and Fox gave out orders. "Ok, Peppy stay here and give us some cover, Krystal, Sorin and Falco get to the fighters, and Slippy stay here with Peppy."
"What about me Fox?" Katt asked.
"You can come with us if not afraid of getting shot down." They ran to the docking bay and the four Arwings, and one dragon fighter, shot out of the bay. They joined the fleet and it was amazing that he had rounded up so many craft in so little time. Even two of the Orbital Defense Stations were coming along with them. General Pepper appeared on their Comms and aster he finished a speech of some sort, the ships vanished into warp.
Cerinia lay in space surrounded by the last of the remaining dragon fleet and the Hierarchs were being transported down to the surface. Going with them was most of the troops who as Sorin predicted, had cloaking devices built into their armor. The troop carriers surrounded the craft carrying the four dragons and they landed on the surface.
Then the Cornerian fleet arrived.
Treylon pulled on his armor and he walked up to the Maru's bridge, it was empty since there had been no orders for them. He yawned and sat down in the command chair; Treylon looked out into space and a strangled yelp leapt out of him. He switched on his Comm and yelled into the mike.
"WE ARE UNDER ATTACK!" He ran off the bridge and the Cornerians began swarming the unprepared dragon fleet. Treylon fell to the wall as the ship rumbled and there was mad chaos as all his crew tried to come to order. Treylon ran back to the bridge and he crew was already there. "Power up all systems and start a counterattack now!" The weapons officer ran his paws over the console and the shields came online.
"Sir, commencing fire." The officer said and the powerful beams started firing.
Fox spun around a dragon craft and Sorin easily kept up with him.
"Sorin give me some cover fire." Fox said and he dived bombed a carrier. The black dragon fighter invisibly dove with him; Sorin expanded his shield and it enveloped Fox as he launched a Nova Bomb. The ship shook and the shields took a hit by one of the turrets on the carrier; Sorin reflected it back and the carrier lurched to the right.
Krystal linked up with Falco and Katt and they targeted the flagship.
"Krystal, bank right!" Falco yelled as a red beam shot by them.
"Thanks for the tip; watch your six!" She radioed back and Falco pulled up as a dragon fighter sped under him, firing. Katt vaporized him and she pulled under Falco.
"Hey babe."
"Yeah, whatever." A laser cut across them and Katt had to pull away as it skirted her engines.
"Fox, I'm coming back to the Great Fox, I've taken a hit."
"Ok, Sorin, can you Katt some cover?"
"Yes sir." The black fighter escorted her back and Krystal dodged a missile blast; it was too close and her left wing shattered.
"Krystal, hang on!" Fox yelled as he sped close to her.
"Fox, my engines are gone and I lost more than my wing, I'm going to have to eject." The cockpit shot off as Fox picked her up. Fox shot off and Falco was left alone; he nailed a dragon wing but a group from them came from behind. They had him locked on and Falco couldn't dodge all the fire that was coming at him.
Then they vaporized in a giant explosion.
"Falco, you owe me one." Sorin said as his fighter pulled up next to Falco.
That was the defining moment.
Treylon almost fell out of his chair as his ship took another beating.
"What the Hell happened to the shields?"
Sir, we have lost them and we need to pull out now."
"Get us down to the planet and we'll link up with the Hierarchs." Treylon ordered and the Maru pulled out of the battle. He stood up and the ship accelerated as it entered the atmosphere; he walked off the bridge and the battle raged on.
"Sir, collision in three seconds-" His sentence was cut off by a massive crash. General Pepper held onto this chair and most of the crew was thrown to the floor as the dragon troop carrier physically drilled into the side of the flagship.
"Damage report!" Pepper yelled and the Comm Officer struggled to his feet.
"Sir, deck 12 has been damaged and we have a dragon troops pouring in."
"Send everything we have and stem this attack."
"The dragons are breaking through!" A husky yelled and he was cut down by a laser blast.
Shit… I thought to myself. My squad was getting torn to pieces since the dragons had shields on their already thick armor. I tossed a grenade and it bounced off the wall and exploded as dragons screamed in pain. Someone tapped my shoulder and I looked up into the face of a vulpine.
"Captain, can I help you here?"
"Who are you?"
"I am Fox McCloud." I saw Fox lift up a dragon weapon and he yelled as high powered laser rounds swept into the adjoining room where all the troops were pouring out of. I fired my weapon too and what was left of my team threw a couple grenades, the impending explosion rocked the two rooms and when the dust cleared, the dragon threat was ended.
Fox patted him on the shoulder and the Captain let out a sigh.
"I'll take it from here." Fox said and he walked forward with his miniature minigun. He poked his head around the corner and the ship was entirely quiet. Fox tapped his Comm and Sorin's head came into view. "I think we might have gotten them all."
"Fox, get away from that hole, there are invisible troops coming toward you." The dragon responded quickly. Fox ran back to the Capitan and the vulpine noticed that there was a dragon on Fox's Comm.
"What is that?"
"He's a friend; now get ready to fire." The Capitan waved his paw and a group of Marines stood behind them. "Now Fox, give them Hell." A massive amount of fire flew into the invisible dragons and red blood splattered everywhere as they screamed in the surprise attack. "Ok, threat eliminated Fox." Sorin's face vanished only to be replaced with Peppy's.
"Fox, the Great Fox is taking too much damage, the structural integrity is failing and I can't hold it."
"Who else is on the ship?"
"Katt, Krystal, me, and Slippy's in the engine room."
"Get them off the Fox now, how many Arwings are left?"
"Only yours and that won't be enough to hold us all." Fox dialed Sorin and the dragon came up as a second vid shot.
"Sorin, can your ship hold more than one?"
"Well, if you count the cargo bay," Fox began running to his ship and he remotely started it. A few seconds alter he emerged into the docking bay and he vaulted into this Arwing; it shot out of the flagship and he braved all the fire as he traveled to the Great Fox.
"Get over to the Fox with me, Sorin." The dragon fighter pulled up beside him after a few seconds and they pulled into the docking bay. Peppy, Slippy, Katt, and Krystal were already there. "Ok, Krystal, you're with me, the rest of you you'll have to get in the cargo bay of Sorin's ship."
"Fox-" Katt began but he stopped her.
"Don't argue, this could mean life or death right here." Fox jumped back into his ship and even though it was a tight fit with Krystal, the hatch closed and the two fighters shot out of the bay.
Then the Great Fox exploded. The shockwave knocked the Arwing out into space and it just missed colliding with a disabled frigate. Krystal clung to Fox and he struggled to control his ship as another frigate was coming up to them; the Arwing almost collided with the ship when it just bumped harmlessly of the side.
"You own me one McCloud." Sorin said and Falco pulled up to them.
"Hey guys, where the Hell were you?"
"Protecting a flagship except my own." Fox answered and Falco saw that Krystal was with him in the cockpit.
"Having a good time Fox?"
"Shut it beakbrain, we need to get back to the flagship if the dragon fleet has been destroyed."
"There's still one problem Fox, the Hierarchs have landed on the surface of Cerinia and so has your friend the Maru. They have also have taken down a ton of troop carriers with them." The three fighters docked in the Cornerian flagship and as Fox put his Arwing down, Krystal kissed him.
"What the that?"
"That was for saving me and the rest of the crew. If we get through this, I'll give you more than a kiss."